BlueFish Editor vs. EditPlus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueFish Editor
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
BlueFish is a free and open source text editor supporting a wide range of languages, multiple document interface, search tools, in-line checking and auto-recovery, and other features.
$0
EditPlus
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
EditPlus is a text editor for windows featuring customizable syntax highlighting, code foldin, hex viewer, and other features, from EditPlus (ES-Software) in the UK.N/A
Pricing
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Best Alternatives
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Small Businesses
BBEdit
BBEdit
Score 10.0 out of 10
BBEdit
BBEdit
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Vim
Vim
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Vim
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
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Vim
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlueFish EditorEditPlus
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
BlueFish is a good basic HTML and text editor that is easy for all to use. If I need someone to grab a friendly editor, then BlueFish is the way to go. If you need an editor to fix a bunch of pages then this editor has a lot of functions that are not found it other editors. Stuff like HTML Tidy or functions that strip extra lines out.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
Edit+ is well suited for basic tasks like using it as a to-do list or writing basic scripts or using it for simple programs that aren't too long or complex.
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Pros
Open Source
  • Easily found and downloaded. If I need someone to go to the web and grab it I can tell them the URL. It is easily installed and one can be edited in minutes.
  • BlueFish is easy to use. It can have a non-technical user use it to edit config files or text documents and not have them frustrated. It has a friendly straight forward user interface.
  • BlueFish does a really good job editing HTML documents specifically. Probably one of the best HTML editors left out there.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
  • Decent overall text editor for any programming language you want to use.
  • Can customize your layout/color scheme to fit your needs.
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Cons
Open Source
  • There are WYSIWYG Open alternatives, some of which work perfectly as an Open version of Dreamweaver, but the only suggestion I would have is that Bluefish add a WYSIWYG tab, e.g. code/visual.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
  • Keep it simple, fast and easy
  • Change without need is wasteful
  • It's already perfect, sheesh...
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Support Rating
Open Source
As with most GNU GPL products support is top-notch. Documentation is fantastic, all functions are documented. Also, this product has been around for more than a decade so there is lots of stuff on how to do this or that with this tool. The only thing holding you back from support is your own drive to find a solution. RTFM, my friend.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
Compare it to what I'd call its WYSIWYG editor, BlueGriffon. Again, the two are fundamentally different solutions. Use them together. Don't waste your money on Adobe or any other proprietary alternative.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
Not well supported, lacks functionality other editors have.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • How can you go wrong with a GNU GPL product that works? That's a really low-risk proposition.
  • It is only returns. It is like 0% investment to 5,000% return.
  • The only negative you will have with this product are those Cretans that despise OSS and the willfully ignorant.
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EditPlus (ES-Software)
  • I have not been involved in that aspect. I am just a user.
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